but winder with the maryland militia in retreat has ordered a general retreat. barney doesn't get this word. he and his men keep on fighting and then he sees that the district militia has pulled back under orders from winder. ross manages to get high ground over barney and his flotilla men and some of the british sharpshooters are able to take down a number of the flotilla men, including some of the gun crews, and barney himself is hit in the hip and severely wounded and tries to disguise his wound own men because he doesn't want them to lose faith. but very quickly barney is also running out of ammunition. all the crew that is were bringing his ammunition, civilian crews, they had joined in the general retreat, so barney was running out of ammunition. it was pretty clear he was surrounded or close to it at this point, so barney then orders his men to surrender and retreat. and he orders thembattlefield. one of his officers stays with him. most of the flotilla men are able to escape back towards washington. barney is left on the battlefield, and pretty soon he's

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winder with the maryland militia retreat has ordered a general retreat. barney doesn't get this word. he and his men keep on fighting and then he sees that the district militia has pulled back under orders from winder. ross manages to get high ground over barney and his flotilla men. they are able to take down a number of the flotilla men including some of the gun crews. barney himself is hit in the hip, severely wounded, and tries to disguise his wound from the british but -- and from his own men because he doesn't want them to lose faith. but very quickly barney is also running out of ammunition. all of the crews that were bringing his ammunition, civilian crews, they had joined in the general retreat so barney was running out of ammunition. it was pretty clear he was surrounded or close to it at this point so barney then orders his men to surrender and retreat. and he orders them to leave him on the battle field. one of his officers stays with him. most of the flotilla men are able to ee skbang to washington. barney is left on the battlefield. pretty so

in fact, the maryland militia commanders were not inform of the third line. ua barney and the district militia form behind them. they are retreating in the chaotic fashion, and winder is losing his nerve and ends up ordering a general retreat, and this even as the british are starting to approach the third line of the defense, which is made up of barney and the district of and the district of militia, and the british at blatensburg have to move up the hill to attack this line. and varney is on the district/maryland line, and he had big guns that he had brought with him, and also had some of the u.s. marine corps here from the marine barracks here from washington to the support the flotilla men. and so the british as they are trying to move into the space of the guns, they take a quite significant casualties, and the front line troops from the 59th one-quarter casual citi-- casuas and very significant q!mbloodsh and it appeared to varney and the rest of the militia men that they were on the verge of turning the tide here. and winder with the militia retreat has

the maryland militia commanders hadn't even been informed that there was a third line. e had told them that joshua barney and the district militia had formed behind them. so they're retreating in a chaotic fashion. winder is losing his nerve. and he ends up ordering a general retreat. and this even as the british are starting to approach the third line of defense. which is made up of barney and the district militia. the british at bladensburg have do move uphill to attack this third line. barney is situated on a strong position on the district maryland line. he had big guns,dffñ 18 pounds weapons that he brought with him and some of the u.s. marines, the marine corps barrack here in washington. which had come up to support the flotilla men serving as infantry for them. and the british at their tried to move into the face of these guns, take quite significant casualties. the front-line troops from the 85th light infantry were taking one-quarter casualties. so very significant bloodshed. it appeared to that barney and some of the district militia commanders, that they were

it is the living legacy of the maryland militia that turned out to assist. the drum corps, loyal young men, pent time, exhaustive research and archives to research original music and original scores, just as great pains were taken to find a maker who could make the warp and weave on the flag. so, too, were great pains taken to find accurate drums, researching original beadings, handstitched uniforms. exhaustive detail to make the most authentic replication of the united states army's field music from the war of 1812. [applause] one of the lead drummers who helped put the unit together has recently enlisted in the united states arms and in the reserved officer training corps program as we speak. [applause] >> standing in front of the flag, as a noted researcher, park ranger, and great personal friend james c. bailey. james c. bailey is the exact build, has similar facial features and ironically the exact same age as major armstead who commanded the fort 200 years ago. e wears a replica of the one that armstead wore on this momentous occasion. [applause] >> we

they are the living legacy of the maryland militia that has turned out to assist the band in defensef the city. principal physician timothy or tell. within the short span of 2.5 , a cadre of loyal menkesen led by tyler spent time and exhaustive research and archive the research original music, original scores, and just as great pains were taken to find a maker who could make the warp and weave on the flag, so too were great pains taken to find ,ccurate hickory made drums researching original beatings, handstitched uniforms, exhaustive detail. to make the most authentic representation of the united states army's field music from the war of 1812. >> one of the lead drummers who help put the unit together has recently enlisted in the u.s. army and is in the reserve officer training corps program as we speak. standing in front of the flag is noted researcher, part ranger, great personal friend, james c. bailey. james c. bailey is the exact build, has similar facial features and ironically the exact same age as major armstead who commanded the fort 200 years ago. he wears a replica of the

the moment, and led by colonel william thornton, one of ross' brigade commanders, they hit the maryland militia head on, took some initial casualties, but pretty quickly were able to envelope the americans, get around them, and force the militia to start retreating pretty quickly. the militia retreated to a second line of defense, and the british kept on coming. they also had rockets. this was a relatively new weapon at the time. coburn had used them with quite a bit of effectiveness in his chesapeake campaign. most of the american militia troops hadn't seen them before. and these rockets were notoriously difficult to aim, but they were really weapons of terror because they were almost like, you know, huge skyrocket that is would flare up in the sky and could come down and cause quite a blaze and quite a bit of damage where they hit, but because they were so difficult to aim, they were, you know, difficult -- they weren't a very reliable weapon for the british, but they were good at frightening the american troops, and the british were able to use them with great effectiveness at bladensburg fo

after the first two lines of maryland militia are scattered, the british have to charge uphill into barney's guns and there is some very heavy fighting, and i would say that this battle was not -- was not a done deal that barney comes close to turning it around. runs out of ammunition. and the british proved to be too much. he's desperately wounded. the british after a few hours of fighting then are left with an open road into washington. winder retreats all the way through town to georgetown and decides that's not far enough. he goes to tenley town where the heights there. you seat burning sta insee the begin. he decides he's too close. he goes all the way to the courthouse, not his finest moment. we can see the path that madison would take. we hear more about that later today. i won't go into much detail about that either. the british, once they enter town, i think it is quite clear that ross had come to the conclusion, even as their entering town, that the federal buildings in washington would be burned. if they couldn't receive a healthy r yy ransom for it. and, in fact, after one incide

like any marylander, between 18 he had to s of age, go to the maryland militia and if called up, he had to go. georgetown of a militia. i have cannon here, a field gun. his is the type of field artillery that frances scott key would have been familiar with as part of the georgetown artillery. a field cannon as opposed to some of the red guns ehind us here who are naval guns. a field gun like this is meant mobile.ighly frances scott key would see a little bit of combat in the war of 1812. and to talk about that combat, to going to walk around here the outer side of that. coming around to the front of coming to theery, shade here, i want to talk a ittle bit about frances scott key's brief military career and the events that led up to the chenry and of ft. m the use of this water battery. frances scott key was part of artillery, wn militia unit, citizen soldiers. he would have had a uniform. summer of 1814, they ould have drove and trained period periodically. is big combat experience comes in august 24 in blade upsburg. miles outside few of washington, d.c. in august of 1814, the british

between 18rylander and 45 years of age had to belong to the maryland militia. if called up, he had to go. he was part of the georgetown galicia. this is a field gun. this is the type of field artillery that francis scott key would have been familiar with as part of the georgetown artillery. this is a field cannon, as opposed to some of the red guns who are naval guns. to bed gun is expected highly mobile. francis god would see a little bit of combat during the war of 1812, and talk about that combat. i will talk around here to the other side. >> fire! >> so, coming around to the front of the water battery and coming into the shade, i want to talk a little bit about francis scott key's military career and the events that led up to the bombardment of fort mchenry and the use of this water batery. francis scott key was part of the georgetown artillery militia unit, citizen soldiers. he would've had a uniform, and during the summer of 1814 they would have trained periodically. combat experience comes on august 24 at the battle of ladenburg. -- bladensbrug. urg. the

after the first two lines of maryland militia are scattered, the british have to charge uphill into barney'sguns and there is some very heavy fighting, and i would say that this battle was not -- was not a done deal that barney comes close to turning it around. runs out of ammunition. and the british proved to be too much. he's desperately wounded. the british after a few hours of fighting then are left with an open road into washington. winder retreats all the way through town to georgetown and decides that's not far enough. he goes to tenley town where the heights there. you seat burning sta insee the begin. he decides he's too close. he goes all the way to the courthouse, not his finest moment. we can see the path that madison would take. we hear more about that later today. i won't go into much detail about that either. the british, once they enter town, i think it is quite clear that ross had come to the conclusion, even as their entering town, that the federal buildings in washington would be burned. if they couldn't receive a healthy r yy ransom for it. and, in fact, after one inciden

militia. and captain perry is on the maryland side at indian head. and the idea is when these ships, laden with booty, try to sail by, they'll get pummeled with fire and also captain jn rogers of the u.s. navy, the most senior officer in the u.s. navy has working out of the navy yard in washington coming down river with fire boats, boats that have been laden with flammable material and they'll be set afire and they'll try to set the british ships on fire as they depart alexandria. fwornd realizes it's time for him to leave. one of his ships goes aground. just beyond where the wilson bridge sits today. and captain rogers tried to set it afire with one of his fire boats. the british managed to fend it off. and then as the british continued to make their way town river past ft. washington, they run into captain quarters battery at the shore. porter set up there at bellvoir on high ground and for five days exchanged fire. this is a pretty serious back and forth, and there are casualties on both sides. eventually the win changes and allows gordon to blast

militia resistance along one of these two corridors. the virginians are much more republican than the marylanders of southern maryland and they fight a lot harder. so coburn decides it's the paut uchk set where resistance is eliminated much more quickly and earlier because most of the people living in southern maryland don't really want to be part of this war at all. and they certainly don't want to deal with superior of british forces that are now well-guided by the local experts in the landscape. and it is because of this that the british are able to land without any opposition at benedict in mid-august of 1814 and they are able to advance to the upper reaches of the paut uxet river and to approach the very outskirts of the washington, d.c., again, without any opposition, because that opposition has already been eliminated by the raids of the summer. and they were able to brush aside militia resistance which it belatedly appears at bladensburg and push into washington, d.c., where they famously burn the public buildings. here is a very famous image of that. and you all notice, there is not a single black face represented in this, which

militia resistance along one of these two corridors. the virginians are much more republican than the marylanders of southern maryland and they fight a lot harder, so coburn decides that the resistance is eliminated much more quickly and earlier because most of the people living in southern maryland don't really want to be part of this war at all.o be and they certainly don't want to deal with superior british ant forces that are now well-guided by the local experts in the landscape. and it is because of this that the british are able to land t without any opposition at benedict in mid-august of 1814 a and they are able to advance to the upper reaches of the river and to approach the very mid-a outskirts of washington, d.c., t again, without any opposition te because that opposition has already been eliminated by the raids of the summer. and they were able to brush aside militia resistance which e it belatedly appears at bladensburg and push into washington, d.c., where they le famously burn the public edly buildings. here is a very famous image of that. and you will notice, there's not a single black face represented in this, which is a

are systematically targeting militia batteries, particularly along the eastern shore and along the northern neck of virginia and in the putaxsa valley in northern maryland they perform very admirably and when the universal praise of british naval officers. i'll just quote one of them and, again, it's coburn but you could multiply these quotes. "how uncommonly and unexpectedly well the blacks have behaved in these several engagements and that one of them was shot and died instantly in the front of the others and it did not daunt or check the others in the least but on the contrary, animated them to seek revenge." now, on the one hand, by recruiting blacks in significant numbers, the british are able to escalate their shore rates. they are able to go deeper inland than they ever could in 1813. they also need to do so because the british cannot sustain their crews without food drawn from the shores of the chesapeake. and there are more and more people on these warships and on tangarie island as they are welcoming more and more refugees. in the first year of this operation when they were reluctant to take on the refugees, 600 had come to them. i believe tha

officers in laurel, maryland, also used the body cameras to document what officers do and see while they're on duty. >>> and chaos in libya as a militia storms the u.s. embassy and throws a pool party. >>> two burrrothers out for an afternoon hike and it turns deadly. i'll have more on this coming up. >>> it could be the biggest celebrity hacking story ever. the news of >>> gone -- developing tonight, fairfax police are trying to figure out how a man ended up dead early this morning. just 4's jackie benson has more. >> reporter: this is a garden apartment complex that has its own parking lot. we're told the man was found about 2 a.m. this morning. his name has not been released. and police say he had trauma to the upper body but they did not elaborate. right now detectives say they're calling this a suspicious death. >> at this point the investigators have reason to believe the victim and suspects were known to each other. so we see no reason to suggest that there is a threat to the public safety. >> reporter: this complex does not have any security cameras, something that would have been helped to detect it. live in fairfax county, j

militia resistance along one of these two corridors. the virginians are much more republican than the marylanders of southern maryland and they fight a lotarder. so coburn decides it's the paut uchk set where resistance is eliminated much more quickly and earlier because most of the people living in southern maryland don't really want to be part of this war at all. and they certainly don't want to deal with superior of british forces that are now well-guided by the local experts in the landscape. and it is because of this that the british are able to land without any opposition at benedict in mid-august of 1814 and they are able to advance to the upper reaches of the paut uxet river and to approach the very outskirts of the washington, d.c., again, without any opposition, because that opposition has already been eliminated by the raids of the summer. and they were able to brush aside militia resistance which it belatedly appears at bladensburg and push into washington, d.c., where they famously burn the public buildings. here is a very famous image of that. and you all notice, there is not a single black face represented in this, which i

and he felt quite differently whene8is home, and maryland and washington were being2 so he had actually volunteered for the militia, and he had served in the georgetown artillery during some of coburn's raids, and then at bladensburg, he is actually out there as a civilian volunteer to district militia. it does things particularly, but after the fight he comes back to the home, and from his home here in georgetown, he witnesses, the burning of washington, and he is in something of a state of shock. he had sent his family which included six children by then and his wife away up to the family home in maryland, but he's been quite fearful that georgetown will be attacked. a a few days later, it is from this home that he would launch the mission to try to gain 8p maryland who had been taken prisoner by the british, a and this would ultimately lead to his eyewitnessing of the bombardment of ft. mchenry and ultimately to thev f writing e national antent them. a big rainstorm hit the city that night after the% n÷ britisd gone back to their camp, and extinguishes some of the flames including at the treasury. and coburn,